Year: 2020

The Last Emperor of China and His Valuable Possessions

The Last Emperor was, for most moviegoers, an unforgettable cinematic experience. It encompasses Puyi’s noble birth and brief reign. Born in Beijing on February 7, 1903, Puyi was declared the 12th Emperor of China at the age of three by Empress Dowager Cixi. Puyi lived a secluded life…
South Africa’s Best-Kept Secret: A Mountain of Medicinal Plants

South Africa not only has great wildlife, but it is also home to 10 percent of the world’s flowering species. The Cape Floral Kingdom is a magnificent region situated in the province of Western Cape and it extends into parts of Eastern Cape province as well. Here, there…
US Welcomes $12 Billion Investment by Taiwan Semiconductor Firm

The U.S. Department of State on May 14 commended the announcement by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC) that it intended to spend US$12 billion on a factory in Arizona, saying that the move was “a game changer for the U.S. semiconductor industry that will bolster American…
Senate Passes Bill That Could Delist Chinese Firms From US Exchanges

Mainland Chinese companies must adhere to U.S. national financial regulations, or face delisting on America’s stock exchanges, according to legislation passed by the Senate on May 20. The bill applies to listed firms, as well as those raising capital in the United States. Similar legislation is currently in the works…
Why US Flags Were Raised at the Capitol to Celebrate a Chinese Spiritual Practice

On May 13, millions of people around the world celebrate the spiritual discipline of Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa. This year, two U.S. flags were hoisted over the Capitol building in Washington in recognition of Falun Dafa and its founder, Mr. Li Hongzhi. Li first taught Falun Dafa…
Beijing Renews Plans for Private Sector Reform as Economy Sinks

The Chinese leadership aims to create a new mechanism that would open up more of the economy to the private sector and lessen state interventionism, according to a May 18 report by the Communist Party-run Xinhua News Agency. The planned reform comes as the economy suffers severe financial risks and…
Chinese Handwriting and Traditional Chinese Characters

In a very remote age, during the time of the development of language and writing, the first written characters were very much like primitive pictures. They represented the things necessary for the divination of oracles, or for day-to-day transactions depicting a simple culture, about things like animals owned…
Northern China Hit by New Wave of Coronavirus Outbreaks

Outbreaks of the novel coronavirus are resurfacing in parts of northern China, as communist authorities continue to suppress information about the epidemic from the public. Leaked government documents from various cities across the region show that the real figures of those newly infected with the disease are rising fast. Meanwhile,…
The Lies That the Communist Party Used to Start 2 Decades of Persecution

In the early morning of April 25, 1999, crowds of people began filing into the roads leading to and around Zhongnanhai, headquarters of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Beijing. They were largely silent, carrying no posters or shouting slogans. As more arrivals filled the area around the leadership compound,…
Months After Outbreak, Origins of the Novel Coronavirus Remain Unclear

Virologists examining the novel coronavirus that has caused a deadly global pandemic are still looking for a missing link in the pathogen, but the Chinese Communist Party’s secrecy is making it difficult to collect the needed data. Though the CCP regime claims that the coronavirus — also known as SARS-CoV-2…
Launch of ‘Long March’ Rocket a Boost for Chinese Space Program

China successfully launched its largest space rocket yet, in what is a major step in its plans to further explore the Moon and eventually conduct Mars missions. The Long March 5 lifted off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Dec. 27 and entered orbit a…
Kazakhstan Grants 2 Chinese Muslims Refugee Status

Two ethnically Kazakh Chinese, fearing persecution for their Muslim faith in their home province of Xinjiang, have been accepted as refugees in neighboring Kazakhstan, as reported by Bitter Winter. Kaisha Akan, an ethnic Kazakh who fled China after she received information…